Mountain Men Heroes

[longknife]

[NWBREW]

Those are pretty cool. I didn't see hugh glass in there though. He was gonna kill Jim Bridger for leaving him for dead after a grizz nearly killed him.

[fillthefreezer]

are those all in one place?

[longknife]

are those all in one place?

All except Thunder Jack, Old town, Cody, WY. Thunder Jack is on the way to Great Falls fron the N entrance of Yellowstone.(dont recall the hwy)

[blindpig]

Looks like that would be a good stop on the way to yellowstone.   

[wsucowboy]

those are cool, would love to see those some day.

[saylean]

Thanks for posting. Cool pics.

[wraithen]

How did they have hunter's ridge shootin stix way back then?! Amazing!

[bowhunter74]

This is what the town looked like when we were there in 2009.  Well worth the stop!

[washelkhunter]

In my opinion the toughest man to have ever walked this continent was John Colter. Its a national disgrace that his grave was bulldozed over to make way for I-70 back in the day.

[docsven]

 
John Colter was one of the most interesting men in the Expedition.  I always thought it was interesting that he didn't want to go back to the civilization of the East when the Lewis and Clark trip was over.

[washelkhunter]

docsven.  its not that he didnt want to go back to st.louis its that he got a job offer. can you imagine. i think he must have only been 22 yo when the expedition returned to the mandan camp on the missouri river. he was only 18 when he signed on i believe. its unbelievable. he was on the down hill slide, he was safe, they has essentially made it, he was looking at gas lights, whiskey, women, real food, everything civilization had to offer west of the miss was in st.louis and he went back to the mtns. what kind of man does that?

[Alpinegus]

he was looking at gas lights, whiskey, women, real food, everything civilization had to offer west of the miss was in st.louis and he went back to the mtns. what kind of man does that?

We do, every fall with our bows & arrows, muskets or riflles to hopefully go where no man has gone before. 

[fast60eddie]

 :tup

In my opinion the toughest man to have ever walked this continent was John Colter. Its a national disgrace that his grave was bulldozed over to make way for I-70 back in the day.

along with fast60eddie

[huntnphool]

 Very cool

[longknife]

In my opinion the toughest man to have ever walked this continent was John Colter. Its a national disgrace that his grave was bulldozed over to make way for I-70 back in the day.

Its the same thing that was said when they reburried Johnson. But how many can see a headstone in the middle of a field?
At least they can be seen, recognized, and honored, what they wanted in their passing.